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candleholder

noun

Etymology

From candle + holder.

Definitions

  1. A device for holding one or more lit candles

    • When officers arrived, the man, whose name was not released, confronted them with a metal candleholder, officials said.

  2. A person who holds a candle to assist another person who is working in dim light.

  3. One who renders another slight assistance, or humours them.

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